Pan Armenian News
SERGEY MIRONOV ASSESSED PROSPECTS OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS BETWEEN
RUSSIA AND ARMENIA AS FAVORABLE
12.04.2005 07:18
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yesterday Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Council of
Federation of Russia Sergey Mironov held talks with Chairman of the National
Assembly of Armenia Artur Baghdasarian, Strana.Ru reported. «I assess the
prospects of interparliamentary relations between Russia and Armenia as most
favorable,» S. Mironov noted upon the completion of the meeting. «Before the
yearend we plan to hold at least two meetings at top official level.
Specifically a conference on inter-regional cooperation will be held in
August, in the end of December a special Russian delegation will arrive in
Yerevan for the closing of the Year of Russia in Armenia and I plan to head
the delegation,» Mr. Mironov noted. The Russian Council of Federation
Speaker also summed up the talks with his Armenian counterpart. «We
discussed bilateral cooperation issues at that far exceeding the limits of
interparliamentary cooperation,» Sergey Mironov noted. «We specifically
touched upon problems of functioning of the transport corridor, discussed
the problem of the status of a range of enterprises referring to Armenia’s
debt to Russia.» In his turn, Armenian Speaker Artur Baghdasarian stated,
«Today we discussed 6-7 issues and agreed upon detailed measures.
Specifically, one of the issues referred to migration, as well as the legal
status of Armenian citizens, who live in Russia. The Armenian Parliament has
already discussed that issue. We want to find such a legal solution to that
problem, which would fully secure conditions for residence of our
compatriots in the territory of Russia.»